Syria

Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Al-Shaibani and Lebanese Counterpart Youssef Rajji in Beirut, Lebanon, on October 10, 2025. Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Al-Shaibani arrived in Beirut on Friday, in his first official visit to Lebanon after the overthrow of Bashar Al-Assad, according to AFP. Al-Shaibani’s visit seeks to strengthen the Syrian-Lebanese…

BEIRUT -- BEIRUT (AP) — Syria's foreign minister arrived in Lebanon's capital on Friday in what observers say could mark a breakthrough in relations between the two neighbors, which have been tense for decades. Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shibani held talks with his Lebanese counterpart and is expected to meet with…

On Sept. 21, 2025, a senior U.S official boasted that an Israeli-Syrian security agreement to resolve months of conflict was “99% complete” and would be announced within two weeks. Those two weeks have now passed. And the reality on the ground suggests that the two countries are still far from…

Al-Shamie was reportedly using the Muslim dating app Muzz under the name “J.” His name was Jihad. Authorities have revealed that Jihad Al-Shamie, the man behind last week’s targeted Manchester terror attack against the city's Jewish communtiy, was married to multiple women at the same time and maintained several secret…

Author of the article: Associated Press Omar Albam Published Oct 07, 2025  •  2 minute read Residents walk past a security forces checkpoint as they leave the Sheikh Maqsoud and Achrafieh neighborhoods of Aleppo, Syria, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025, following overnight clashes between Syrian government troops and the Kurdish-led Syrian…

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Syrian authorities published preliminary results of their indirect vote for the first parliament since Bashar al-Assad's historic toppling last year, with election officials acknowledging a low success rate for women and religious minorities. The vote resulted in around 6,000 members of regional electoral colleges choosing candidates from pre-approved lists, part…

As Egypt on Sunday celebrated its annual October 6 Victory Day, commemorating the 1973 Arab-Israeli war known in Israel as the Yom Kippur War, neighboring Syria drew attention across Arab media for a strikingly different move. President Ahmad al-Sharaa has issued a decree reshaping the country’s official calendar and abolishing…

Counting underway in Syria's first parliamentary elections since ouster of AssadRead More

Ballot boxes have closed across Syria in the country’s first parliamentary elections since the fall of the Assad regime, as counting continued late into Sunday evening in what officials described as a defining step in Syria’s political transition. Election spokesman Nawar Najmeh told Syrian state TV al-Ikhbariya that all polling…